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[quote=Anonymous]I had a 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid that was a great car.  Standard maintenance was better than my gas cars before.  I could go about 8K until the oil change light came on and I would take it to Jiffy Lube.  Tires every 50-60K because I got cheap tires.  Other than that, the only two issues I had were both from recalls.  One was a seat belt recall that I took in at my convenience.  The other was an electronic component, part of the hybrid motor, that I ignored the recall notices until were on a long trip and the engine started giving us problems.  It ended up limiting us to a top speed of about 60 mph and we took an extra day to get home (we just stopped overnight somewhere and then drove the rest of the way the next day).  I took it to the dealership at home and they were the ones that told me that I had ignored the recall notices.  But it was completely repaired on their dime.  At 160K, the power steering (tied to the on-board computer) failed and would have cost me more than the car was worth to replace. I ended up driving it another year and 18K miles before the A/C went out (also tied to the on-board computer failure) and we replaced it about 2 months ago and donated the car to charity.  Almost 14 years and 175K miles and it was one of the least expensive cars year-over-year that I have ever owned; especially considering that I had an SUV that got 28-31 mpg (30-31 local, 28-29 highway).  I figured that I saved about $800-900 per year on gas alone vs the non-hybrid version of the same vehicle.[/quote]

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